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if you DON'T already know what it is, you aren't going to get spoiled, and if you already know about it, then you can't get spoiled, thus in essense it is not spoiler filled.

Its like when reading a BOOK or watching a MOVIE a second time through. No shit you know that Bruce Willis is dead the whole movie, and it gives obvious hints throughout the movie, BUT only if you already know that. Or read a book a second time, you will notice a SHIT ton of things being hinted at early or OMG its that person, ect. But did you even bat an eye the first time reading?

NO, so quit spoiling anime only watchers by saying shit.

The ONLY bad opener I can think of for being a bad spoiler is in One Piece when during Arabasta arc they already where showing Robin sailing with the Strawhats.

I am pretty sure it will be easy to motivate Juvia. All Erza has to do is mention Grey in some way or form, and it will motivate her to no end. I am expecting all the ones battling with the S-Class of Fairy Tail to somehow make it through their respective battles.

Spoiler for Speculation Etc:

I'm actually not sure about that to me it seemed like Fried and Juvia were put into the arc because it makes sense for them to be in the exam as opposed to being in the exam because the plot requires them to be in the exam.

After watching this episode I think only Cana (because plot forshadowing) or Natsu (since he DID beat Gildarts also he's the main) are possibilities for the next S Class mage.
And I'm sort of wondering whether Cana might do something really stupid and inadvertently betray Fairy Tail or get disqualified or something considering how depressing she is in the opening.

It pissed me off to waste in about 4-5 minutes seeing old memories .. I prefer seeing 5 minutes Juvia & Lissana vs Erza ... I think Juvia will pass , she hasnt put her heart in the battle yet ... I thought that Mira wouldn't fight , you know she did found her sister and fought the next day? Elfman got no chance ... Giltarts beat natsu , and let him pass ... Is it fair ? So that means that Erza and Mira can beat their opponent and let them pass , but i don't think that it will be like this !

I'm actually not sure about that to me it seemed like Fried and Juvia were put into the arc because it makes sense for them to be in the exam as opposed to being in the exam because the plot requires them to be in the exam.

After watching this episode I think only Cana (because plot forshadowing) or Natsu (since he DID beat Gildarts also he's the main) are possibilities for the next S Class mage.
And I'm sort of wondering whether Cana might do something really stupid and inadvertently betray Fairy Tail or get disqualified or something considering how depressing she is in the opening.

However, you forgot about the other "partner" that is with Juvia, who is none other than Lisanna. She suddenly reappears, is part of this arc, and putting up a fight. They would not set her up like that if she will not be a major player in this arc.

Yes, Fried has pretty much served his purpose, so I don't expect much more of him.

I am also going to guess that upcoming bad guys or that guy that brings death is probably related to Kana in some way. I don't think she will betray Fairy Tail, but she will be conflicted.

Also, I am going to predict that Natsu will not become S-Class after this arc. He really doesn't need it, essentially with what he said to Gildarts this episode. Also, the strongest team in Fairy Tail already has a S-Class in Erza.

It is either going to be Kanna or no one for S-Class. Out of all the years that the S-Class exam are done, only 5 are/were in Fairy Tail (Erza, Gildarts, Mirajane, Laxus, and Mystogan) that we know of. Hence, it is not a guarantee that any one will make S-Class this year either.

I'm actually not sure about that to me it seemed like Fried and Juvia were put into the arc because it makes sense for them to be in the exam as opposed to being in the exam because the plot requires them to be in the exam.

After watching this episode I think only Cana (because plot forshadowing) or Natsu (since he DID beat Gildarts also he's the main) are possibilities for the next S Class mage.
And I'm sort of wondering whether Cana might do something really stupid and inadvertently betray Fairy Tail or get disqualified or something considering how depressing she is in the opening.

It is either going to be Kanna or no one for S-Class. Out of all the years that the S-Class exam are done, only 5 are/were in Fairy Tail (Erza, Gildarts, Mirajane, Laxus, and Mystogan) that we know of. Hence, it is not a guarantee that any one will make S-Class this year either.

Indeed, the numbers imply that most of the time nobody passes at all.

Regarding the individual fights though, I think it's worth noting that they don't actually have to win against the S class mages, they just have to prove themselves worthy of being S class. Natsu did so by showing both a willingness to fight and a willingness to back down when needed. So far Juvia's been disappointing Erza though, so I guess she'd need to work on her battle tactics to impress Erza in this fight?

Talking about OP it does have several spoilers but in comparison to all OP to date it is the least spoiler full one. It is impossible to create spoiler free OP especially when they are based on specific arc so this OP is really good in being spoiler free.

It has a bit too many static images but otherwise I find it really enterating as well as the music.

Talking about episodes... Juvia sure has pulled a short straw, there is no way Erza will let her through like Gildarts.

I liked the Miria entrance, felt bad for Evergreen and Elfman

Gildarts is real monster it is nice to see Natsu give up instead of going into power up mode as usual.

I said that I didn't want new opening. Now I'm in love with it Waaaay better than Rock City Boy. Surprised that Cana isn't in the ending (since it looks that she is having relevance in this arc I expected her to be in the ending, maybe in the 2nd of the arc?)

Gildarts has demonstrated why he is the strongest one in the guild. And the way he left Natsu at the end of the fight was amazing

Elfman and Evergreen's faces were so hilarius. Will they have an opportunity against Mirajane?

Gildarts is so awesome. Surprised he passed Natsu. So that means that you don't necessarily have to beat them. Though Juvia and Lisanna are having no luck with Erza. Lol Elfman drew Mira, wanted to see a family fight. Best part was the flashbacks though, like seeing everyone when they were younger.New OP and ED were good.

For the record, in the Laxus arc of the manga Mystogan mentioned that Gildartz was obviously the strongest person in the guild so the whole fight to prove the strongest in Fairy Tail was meaningless, but Laxus thought that he'd been gone so long that he didn't count anymore.

Also, I think Makarov alone could've utterly destroyed Phantom Lord if he hadn't been hit with a sneak attack in the beginning. Fairy Law.

I am pretty sure it will be easy to motivate Juvia. All Erza has to do is mention Grey in some way or form, and it will motivate her to no end. I am expecting all the ones battling with the S-Class of Fairy Tail to somehow make it through their respective battles.

What is curious to me, however, is with Gildarts there, how could the enemy of this arc have any chance? I bet they will somehow contain him or teleport him first.

Could it be that the magic council will have a hand in this arc? They all appear like corrupt politicians in the earlier episode.

Remember the black dragon owned gildart's ass and took his arm right? Makes you really think that dragons are really gods here....

I think this 4 minute recap had more to do with this episode being the first real episode of the new season. People who might have tuned out on previous eps might have been curious in the new op & end songs. I don't think they'll do that recap for any of the eps here on out.

Yeah, sounds about right. Thus far, for this arc it seems they intend to continue with a roughly two chapters per episode pace like they did for most of the OS and Edoras arcs. They didn't need to have long recaps then to fill space, and I doubt that's changed. Heck, this episode covered two chapters in spite of the lengthy recap so it's not like they were trying to stretch out a single chapter to cover the entire episode for this.